Latest The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week Stories
Viagra could have been a groundbreaking cure for period cramps
What’s stranger than bees telling time? How we learned that they can.
This dog was genetically engineered to be a kitchen appliance
People used to drink a very specific kind of urine to treat motion sickness
Craving a radioactive snack? Grab a banana.
You get brainwashed whenever you go to sleep (and that’s a good thing)
Your favorite brunch foods are thousands of years old
Eating soy does not make men grow boobs
There’s no stopping this immortal jellyfish
Imagine traveling to the moon only to realize you’re allergic to it. One astronaut did.
What really happened during the ‘Kentucky meat shower’?
The story behind the most fraudulent election in history
Egg yolk color doesn’t mean what you think it does
Pig sex and celery have a surprising connection
This scientist thought he’d found the source of all sexual energy
Your car is probably full of spiders
Why baseball players ‘bone’ their bats
Carrots were once a crucial tool in anti-Nazi propaganda
You can totally sprain your teeth (and you’ve probably done it before)
Welcome to Earth, home to human-sized salamanders and skin-eating worms
Animal Crossing’s most elusive fish has a bizarre real-life backstory
Does coffee make you poop, or is that just me?
There was only ever one true Ferris Wheel, and we blew it up
Thank syphilis for these three major fashion trends
How much acid should you give an elephant? These scientists learned the hard way.
The ‘chew chew cult’ is a Victorian diet fad that should really, really never come back
Elf on the Shelf and Krampus are more alike than you think
Listen to this shiver-inducing introduction to the science of ASMR
There’s a secret room in the basement of the female body
Ancient athletes did something truly shocking with their genitals
Ben Franklin invented a mesmerizing instrument with a deadly reputation
Did a Swedish king really try to ban coffee with a deadly scientific experiment?
The historical significance of Harry Styles’ nipples, explained
Frogs in tiny taffeta shorts paved the way for human in-vitro fertilization
The weirdest things we learned this week: the origin of moron, forgotten scurvy cures, and bisexual space stations
The weirdest things we learned this week: Deadly rainbows, face blindness, and mysterious pink snow
The weirdest things we learned this week: Pooping magic rocks, how we ruined bison, and lies you’ve been told about the common cold
The weirdest things we learned this week: moving corpses, birth control placebos, and the story behind the hymen
The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop
The weirdest things we learned this week: Feminist butter sculptures and America’s first favorite pastime
The weirdest things we learned this week: College students swallowed guppies for sport and chickens wore glasses
The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections
The weirdest things we learned this week: Nazis ate camel poop and pregnancy tests spread a fungal plague
The weirdest things we learned this week: virgin births, composted humans, and naked South Pole scientists
The weirdest things we learned this week: Two sleeps are better than one
The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats
The weirdest things we learned this week: labor-inducing salads and cat-eating coyotes
The weirdest thing we learned this week: werewolf tomatoes and overdosing on placebos with Wendy Zukerman
Bill Nye talks killer clowns, mermaids, pigeon poo, and deadly bicycles
The weirdest things we learned this week: Rats with fetishes and America’s first banana
The weirdest things we learned this week: Animal prostitution and Pavlovian pee responses
The weirdest things we learned this week: Blood-thirsty Bambi and 12-foot-tall birds
The weirdest things we learned this week: Falcon sex hats and buying human skulls on Instagram
The weirdest things we learned this week: you can mummify yourself to death and Disney is full of military tech
The weirdest things we learned this week: animals used to stand trial and apples kept doctors from killing you
The weirdest things we learned this week: 40,000 vanishing pigeons and the science of poodle haircuts
The weirdest things we learned this week: starting fires with astronaut farts and dancing yourself to death
The weirdest things we learned this week: counting vampires and nudist founding fathers
The weirdest things we learned this week: hot air balloon riots and the man-eatingest tiger
The weirdest things we learned this week: strange sneezes and how sideshows saved 6,500 babies
The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly molasses and the best way to battle cattle
The weirdest things we learned this week: ladies dueling topless and pseudopenis birth canals
The weirdest things we learned this week: the sweetest-smelling butts, flaming birds, and 40 barrels of coke
The weirdest things we learned this week: killer surgeons and mysterious floating feet
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